Archive for April, 2012

In the “city that care forgot,” (or that forgot to care?), the best time of the year is Jazz Fest. It’s the last weekend of April and the first weekend of May, and we all pile in our cars or get on our bicycles and head for the Fair Grounds to indulge ourselves in all […]

The country was young in 1812, but Louisiana had already been around for a while. Although we achieved statehood only on April 30, 1812, we had been a colony under France from 1699-1763 and Spain from 1763-1803. With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, of course, Louisiana became an American possession. Although it was rough going […]

Lent is over, and we’re still enjoying our Easter candy here in New Orleans, but this year just isn’t the same. Although the familiar Elmer’s Chocolates, second largest manufacturer of the heart box in the country and the maker of Heavenly Hash Gold Brick, and Pecan Eggs is still located in the area, it moved […]

Louisiana has its share of basketball greats, both players and coaches. Superstars Pete Maravich and Shaquille O’Neal both played for LSU. Robert Parish played for Centenary College in the ‘70s, although his time there flew under the radar due to a harsh N.C.A.A. sanction against the school under the subsequently repealed “1.6” rule. […]